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From magazines and websites for inspiration to social apps and podcasts to stay in the know, there are many resources out there to help you out when it comes to advertising. The industry moves fast so it's important to keep up with trends and...
Posted by: Kevin Forister
Speaking at Spikes Asia last month, Aline Santos, Executive VP of Global Marketing and Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at the FMCG giant, urged advertisers across Asia to push for more progressive portrayals of people within their ad...
Posted by: The Smalls
It is one of the most recognisable paintings of the 20thcentury. It has been ripped off, spoofed and copied thousands of times. Among other things, it has sold pharmaceuticals, beer and biscuits. Few people can actually tell you what it’s...
Posted by: Patrick Collister
Many artists say they despise advertising. One embraced it. In fact, he started out in the business. He even won awards. And advertising coloured his work when he turned himself into an artist. Andy Warhol recorded pop culture as he saw...
Posted by: Patrick Collister
London; it’s innovative, culturally diverse and up until last year (2017) had held on to its title of ‘World’s Most Influential City’ (according to the Global Cities Index). Clearly, London remains one of the world’s most important places,...
Posted by: Beyond The Book
Creativepool Creative Debates are the tonic to the endless one-way talks that we have an abundance of in our sector. We teamed up with Dare during Cannes Lions 2018 to tackle a controversial question, ‘What’s the point of traditional...
Posted by: Creativepool
Today, I go 8 years back in time and review my first ever advertising portfolio. I feel a bit vulnerable but I think that being transparent with you all can be eye opening while you are trying to build your first books. I'm going to start critiquing...
Posted by: Kevin Forister
Is art advertising? Sometimes it can look like it. Equally, advertising can sometimes look like like art. Take the fascinating example of State Street’s “Fearless Girl”. Under cover of night, she was placed directly opposite...
Posted by: Patrick Collister
Probably the most successful art director of all-time is Rene Magritte. He has had more of a hand in more award-winning ideas than even Neil Godfrey. And Godfrey was named by D&AD as the most awarded art director in their 50-year...
Posted by: Patrick Collister
We are very pleased to announce that we will be presenting the benefits of sourcing creative from professional communities at AdWeek Europe next week. Heather Deacon, Creative Solutions Director, will discuss how effectively sourcing from a...
Posted by: Heather Deacon
Escape Studios is hosting the ultimate Careers Evening with one of Framestore’s top recruiters to help you kick-start your creative career. The multi-award winning VFX company has worked on some of the biggest films including Paddington,...
Posted by: Escape Studios
You don’t need to be keeping tabs to know that a shocking number of top-level players have left or been fired from the Donald Trump’s White House team. The latest, much-reported departure comes in the form of Anthony Scaramucci - and you...
Posted by: Sharon Whale
Over twenty years ago, I originated (I think) what has become a cliché. I put together a Better Briefing workshop for some of the suits and the planners in the agency. I thought they should know what does and does not help creative people do...
Posted by: Patrick Collister
Imagine a world where we select the brands we want to see advertising from. Where that advertising is brilliant storytelling and craft. And where our personal data is controlled by us, and we can exchange it with publishers and media owners at our...
Posted by: Luc Benyon
Escape Studios has been at the forefront of creative education since 2002, offering courses in VFX, Games, Animation and Motion Graphics. They work hand in hand with industry experts from top post production studios including DNeg, The Mill, MPC and...
Posted by: Escape Studios
Art is communication. Especially public art. In times gone by, when few could read or write, public monuments were nothing more and nothing less than propaganda. Julius Caesar commissioned statues of himself in armour to remind the citizens of Rome...
Posted by: Patrick Collister
To coincide with everyone's 2017 Chrimbo advert reviews, we asked Philip James, our Creative Director to do a round up of the Best Christmas Adverts ever..... not just this year! 'Though I am a sucker for a new technology, new cinematic quality and...
Posted by: Shadowplay
Successful virtual reality projects from publishers like The New York Times have paved the way for sponsorship opportunities, product placement and interspersed immersive ads. However, according to Anna Bager of the Interactive Advertising Bureau...
Posted by: Magnopus
Channel 4 today announced that Volvo UK and Valenstein & Fatt (Grey London) have won the £1million airtime prize for the Diversity in Advertising Award, with an ad campaign focussed on non-visible disability. The brand/agency paring was one of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A view from Jason Foo... WARC’s ‘Lessons from the world’s best campaigns’ session at Cannes Lions was an impressive showcase in how brands ought to focus less on talk, and more on action. Josy Paul, Chairman and Chief...
Posted by: Persuasion Communications
VR is, currently, one of the few remaining new media refuges where advertising is largely non-existent. Up until this point, adland's relationship with VR has primarily been through sponsored activations, games and tailored 'experiences' that...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
A view from Jason Foo... WARC’s ‘Lessons from the world’s best campaigns’ session at Cannes Lions was an impressive showcase in how brands ought to focus less on talk, and more on action. Josy Paul, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer;...
Posted by: Persuasion Communications
If you happen to have read any of my earlier posts, or you know me personally, you will know I am not a fan of Twitter at all. They have spent years playing catch up to the big social giants because they changed their channel around way too much, and...
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The Creative Circle has announced the launch of The Creative Circle Foundation, as the longest running advertising awards body in the UK aims support greater diversity in the Britain’s creative departments of the future. Furthering its mission to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I must admit to being slightly addicted to books about how people are persuaded to buy things. Yet the very preponderance of such books indicates that there are very many competing opinions and theories of 'How we decide’ (also the title of one...
Posted by: Steve Osborne
Officially stepping off the ropes to join the fight (after no small amount of persuasion and 'egging-on' from all and sundry), Google has announced an aggressive, three-pronged approach to addressing the problem of ad misplacement and brand safety...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The founder of Advertising Week Europe has warned that the festival could move from London to another city such as Paris or Amsterdam because of Brexit. Matt Scheckner, the founder of Advertising Week Europe, which takes place this week for the fifth...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Ever wondered what the face of advertising looks like? The picture above is the result of MEC’s initiative at Advertising Week Europe yesterday, which used photographs of attendees and a bespoke facial merging tool to capture this image. The...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Gravity Road have launched a new campaign for Advertising Week Europe, the continent’s largest annual gathering of ad tech, advertising, creative, entertainment, marketing and media industry leaders. The multi-media campaign will support the annual...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The new boss at Google for the UK and Ireland, Ronan Harris, has openly defended his company's ad viewability and transparency record, days after WPP boss, Sir Martin Sorrell, urged Google (and Facebook) to take responsibility regarding setting the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Commercial radio is celebrating a record-breaking year for advertising revenue, boosted by increased investment in the medium by online retailers. Figures from Radiocentre, the industry body for UK commercial radio, reveal that commercial radio took...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It's been a busy day in the world of online advertising. The same morning that The Times released a shocking report insisting that many major brands had inadvertently funded extremist terror sties through unchecked programmatic advertising practices,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Times dropped one hell of a bombshell on the advertising industry this morning when it released an article claiming that many of the world's largest brands and companies have accidentally used a portion of their advertising budgets to fund...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
A weekly roundup of the most important news from the advertising awards world FWA After awarding amazing websites and digital experiences all year long, FWA now offers the public to select its favorite. You can vote for the FWA People Choice...
Posted by: TheNextGag
When discussing the trends that will take hold in advertising next year, it's important to understand what a polarising year 2016 has been. As we approach year's end, we've all no doubt grown tired of the generic “I'll be glad when this year is...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Whilst 2016 has been something of a banner year for many horrible things, it's been business as usual in advertising, and business navigating new frontiers. One thing that appears to have come to the forefront this year is the coming together of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns